Sunset Beach, NC

We just got back from another awesome trip to Sunset Beach, NC!  My parents were going down for the week and Callie and I weren’t going to pass up an opportunity to visit.  We’ve been going to Sunset Beach now for over 20 years, and I hope we get to go for another 20 more- it’s my favorite beach to go to in the US.  Callie and I were in vacation mode the whole week which was awesome- we ate what we wanted, slept when we wanted, and played the entire time.  It was just what we needed before the ciaos of Fall hits us- our last vacation before baby girl arrives!

We got down there on Saturday night, which happened to be my mom’s birthday.  We got there late and we didn’t get to eat the yummy cupcakes that night- so we had them for breakfast instead!  Vaughn was able to join us for a couple of days, but had to leave to go back to work- we missed him while he was gone but so thankful that he works so this mommy can be with her little one!  Callie missed him so much that she we colored “Daddy” on every sheet of paper every day. :)Callie loved the beach this time which made our trip even better.  She spent hours down by the water and if she ever got tired, she would say “Night Night” and go lay down on her towel under the tent.  She also enjoyed looking at all the birds so one day we popped some popcorn to take to them.  Mac was not afraid of them- at all.  And if the birds wouldn’t immediately pick up the popcorn, she would go pick it back up and re-throw it to them.  One night after dinner and the sun set, we went out “ghost” crab hunting.  I have no idea how we came up with that term for our late night crab hunts, but that’s what it’s called.  We’ve done it for several years now and it’s so fun.  Papa got Callie her very own flashlight to find them with, and when we weren’t trying to look directly into the light- we found some crabs!  Papa and Callie even tried to dig for sum- she thought it was great!

Hurricane Earl threatened our beach fun, but thankfully he passed right by us.  We did get some clouds and ruff waves, but it didn’t ruin our trip- thank goodness!  The waves did get up to about 6 ft, which is HUGE for the Carolina coast so it was fun to watch.  We went to go see the big waves on the pier- kind of scary but still awesome! While we were there, I couldn’t pass up the opportunity to take some beach pictures of Callie.  So here are several, I mean a lot, of the pictures I took …

We are now back home and settling back in.  We’re going through beach withdrawals, or as Callie says- “water”, and cannot wait till we can go back!